Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG)

Among the several image formats available on computers is the JPEG format (normally shortened to JPG.) The image format was named Joint Photographic Experts Group after the name of the company which created it. The file format has become widely known for it’s high quality image produced with a relatively low file size, along with a wide range of compression options. JPEG is a lossy image format, as opposed to the PNG format.